Chapter 493: Volume 4: The Storm, The Taste of Celebrity

The layers of fog that shrouded Tang's body were cleared—at least on the surface—after answering many reporters' questions at the press conference, everyone knew what kind of person Tang was. The story behind Nottingham Forest... and more. These materials are enough for the Chinese media to report continuously for a week without repeating them.

However, there are fewer reporters outside the Wilford training base than before. The British media and other foreign media have all left, and only the Chinese media are left behind.

Sun Jihai did not get the main position in Nottingham Forest, and his story is not good to write. It was the assistant coach Tang who became the darling of the Chinese media.

Everyone is tired of promoting Chinese players studying abroad, and now the popularity of Chinese players studying abroad on major portal websites is also very low, because most players are not doing well outside. Sun Jihai may be the most beautiful one now, because he is not an indispensable and absolute main force in Nottingham Forest, the most beautiful team at present. To publicize every little thing about Sun Jihai would be somewhat self-deceiving.

"Chinese Overseas Coaches" is a new publicity point. No one has ever done this before. A lot of freshness has filled the hearts of domestic readers, and they are very concerned about this coach's words and deeds.

Even though Don was reluctant to be exposed to the media and the spotlight, he just wanted to be a coach, study football and nothing else. Now he can't help it.

For example, three days after the press conference, Nottingham Forest Club received a fax from China's BJ.

CCTV5 hopes to go to the UK to shoot a feature film about Tang.

Seeing Tang's sad face, Tang En gloated and agreed to the other party's request.

Of course he didn't intend to embarrass Don on purpose. Tang En considered that this was a good opportunity, an opportunity for Tang to be more open.

Tang's character is a bit like toothpaste, it cannot be squeezed out. If there is no external pressure on him, he may have lived like this forever without any change. Just like if there is no crossing, Tang may have been living in a solid shell like this. He was a loser at Nottingham Forest, and he was dismissed shortly after becoming the acting head coach. He returned to the youth team... and then worked for the rest of his life. , until retirement.

If he hadn't met Tang En, who hadn't been nagging and trying to talk to him all day long, he wouldn't have become what he is now.

Tang En was an external force that changed Tang. Tang still needs more external force. This media exposure may be a good thing for Tang, although it makes him uncomfortable.

unwilling? dislike? This is not an excuse, you have to face these problems and try to solve them with an attitude that you never thought about, instead of passively shrinking in the shell and thinking that the whole world is not important.

So Tang En pushed Tang to this point, and he accepted CCTV5's interview request.

"There's nothing to be afraid of, Tang. They're just reporters, and they won't eat you." Looking at Tang, who had been drooping his brows since he learned the news, Tang En comforted him with a snickering smile.

"I know that... I just don't know what to do..."

"What should I do? Do I need to do anything? It's clearly written here, right?" Dunn pointed to a stack of papers in his hand, just like Gloria came to shoot, Tony. Dunn asked CCTV5 to show more detailed For the specific shooting plan, he nodded his head before the matter was finally negotiated. "Just follow your daily life and training work, and if possible, a game."

Tang still frowned: "I'm not used to putting my life in front of the public..."

Tang En patted him on the shoulder: "You will get used to it sooner or later. If you follow me, you will have to get used to it."

Tang looked up at him: "You public figure..."

"Ahaha!" Tang En finally stopped snickering, this time he laughed happily.

"I'm not used to exposing my life to the eyes of others and letting others judge me..."

"Don. You have to achieve the realm of 'go your own way and let others say it'. No matter what others say about you, their evaluation will not affect your own life, and it will not make you lose a hair. You are still you, and you will not change because of what others think of you. If you were someone who cared so much about other people's opinions...would you live in such a closed-off life for more than thirty years?" Tang En was referring to Tang before time travel.

After listening to Tang En's words, Tang was silent for a while, and then said: "But their intention to come here is to report on a real Chinese coach, am I?"

Tang En was also silent for a while, the messy identities of the two of them, sometimes they would feel very uncomfortable talking about it themselves.

"Uh, this... In fact, this question is very simple. You are Chinese, thoroughly, and completely Chinese."

"What about you?" Tang raised his head and asked Tang En.

In the dark room, Tang En's eyes flickered, "Me?" He pointed to the twilight sky outside the window. "Have you ever noticed those clouds floating around in the sky? I'm that thing."

Tang Shun followed Tang En's hand and looked out the window, the sky was full of red clouds.

He understood Tang En's thoughts.

He obviously has a family and cannot go back, and his biological parents are still alive, but he can only pretend that Tang's friends recognize his godparents in order to call "Dad" and "Mom" openly.

Clouds are rootless things...

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After Tang En agreed to CCTV5's filming plan, the other party acted very quickly, and they all arrived in Nottingham three days later.

They are not willing to let go of this topic of current social concern and let other media focus on it. They have an advantage over those print media, that is, other people's reports are only text or pictures, but they can do video reports. Watching a moving picture is obviously more attractive to the audience than a non-moving picture.

After the other party's filming crew arrived, Tang En, as the head coach of the team, went over to say hello, pretending to be the host, leaving them alone, and handing over all reception matters to Tang.

Introducing the team, telling them what they should pay attention to during the filming... all these things are done by Don. Other than that, Tang De's work has not changed, and he is still in charge of team training.

As for the shooting of life...Because Tang En and Tang lived together, both of them felt that it would be bad if this was filmed, and they didn't want to be on the cover of a British gay magazine.

So, taking advantage of this opportunity, Tang took the initiative to move out. Didn't move too far...it's next door. It doesn't prevent the two of them from getting together to study game tapes and tactics, it just lets the media see that there is no unclear relationship between the two of them.

Of course, the CCTV5 filming team can follow Tang to Tang En's house at night to film, and film the two of them watching the game video together and discussing tactics. There is no problem with this. If Tang doesn't move out, maybe the scene of two people going upstairs together will be photographed...

When they knew that they could go to Tony Twain's house to shoot, the film crew was very excited. Because they conducted an investigation and found that no media has been allowed to enter the character coach's house so far. And they, CCTV5 from China will be the first media to bring into Tang En's private residence.

Tang En didn't care about a Chinese media coming to his home to shoot, anyway, there was nothing to film, and his private life was perfect and impeccable after Tang was gone. He has nothing to criticize in the media other than his drinking. Moreover, alcoholism is a social phenomenon in the UK. It is normal for a British person to drink alcohol, and the media will not make a fuss about it.

Seeing the excited expressions of those Chinese reporters, he felt that the CCTV5 people would soon get tired of filming Tang's life scenes, because this person's life was so simple and boring that it made people despair. Even when I lived with myself, I spent all day studying videotapes in front of the TV screen. Chinese audiences don't want to see the hero who can save Chinese football in their minds, with their backs turned to the camera, facing the TV screen for two hours without moving, right?

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After dealing with these problems, Tang En focused on leading the team to train and prepare for the next round of the league. While tossing about Tang's affairs, the second round of the league has passed. Nottingham Forest, commented by the media as "powerful", beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 away.

In the first two rounds of the league, Nottingham Forest has won two consecutive victories.

They and Ferguson's Manchester United are also the two teams that have maintained a complete victory at present, ranking second in terms of goal difference.

However, Chelsea, led by Mourinho, another crazy coach who declared before the season that he would defend the league title, encountered a little trouble. In the first two rounds of the league, Chelsea's results were only one win and one loss. They beat Manchester City at home in the first round of the league, but lost to Middlesbrough unexpectedly in the second round.

It is worth mentioning that the person who scored the go-ahead score for Middlesbrough and the final decisive goal was Mark Viduka who transferred from Nottingham Forest.

The BBC's comment on this was "Tony Twain continued his winning record against Mourinho in another battlefield by relying on the former Forest team player."

This comment certainly did not satisfy Chelsea supporters, and Mourinho also thought it was ridiculous: "If the performance of a player playing in a new team can still be recorded in the record of the former club, then The world is so stupid."

Tony Twain also expressed his views on this series of remarks afterwards. This time he sided with Mourinho.

"...Viduka is a fantastic player and I knew that when he was at Nottingham Forest. I'm delighted to see him succeed at Middlesbrough... However, I and Mu The grievances between coaches Rinho still need to be resolved face to face... What, I said grievances? Haha, how is it possible! You must have heard it wrong! What I mean is that coach Mourinho and I are now parting ways It’s the manager of Nottingham Forest and Chelsea, so the game between us must be a Nottingham Forest-Chelsea game. I mean you all know that, right?”

Tang En said this after being asked about this matter at a routine press conference.

Of course the media understands, doesn't it mean that the matter between him and Mourinho is just the two of them? No one else is allowed to interfere. Just put it mildly.

The reporters from CCTV5 were also present, and they felt the special character of the head coach Tony Twain at a close distance. Those who have commented on this person's actions in the past are right. It is really hard to simply give He draws conclusions.

Just now everyone heard him say "gratitude and grievance" himself, and he completely denied it in less than ten seconds. And when he did this, he didn't blush or breathe, as if he was just talking casually.

To put it bluntly...how can a person be so thick-skinned?

To put it nicely... Uh, is there a nicer way to say it?

This group of puzzled Chinese reporters decided to ask Tang, who is Tony Twain, the head coach who has two extreme evaluations? After all, Tang was the person he had the most contact with.

As a result, Don's answer disappointed them greatly.

"I don't know what kind of person he is."

After the reporter "taught me well" for a long time, he popped out another sentence: "You can't simply judge him by 'good' and 'bad'...or you can't simply judge him by the worldly 'good or bad'."

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Nottingham Forest is no stranger to things like the media tracking and filming. When Glonia came for the first time, because she was a beautiful woman, everyone was still interested, but now the film crew is all old men, who cares?

What's more, the people in the forest are no longer simple players, but should be called "stars". They have long been used to training under the spotlight and surrounded by the media-after the start of the new season, more and more reporters come here every day hoping to interview. This is of course all due to their success last season.

Even if they go to an away game, they will follow a lot of media. Like a shark behind a whaler. Some people will enjoy being famous, and some people may not enjoy it-like Don. Now wherever he goes, a four-member film crew follows behind him. When everyone pays attention to those reporters with oriental faces, they will also follow him. This is not the life he wants.

But he is not a person who complains when something goes wrong. So no matter how much he doesn't like this kind of life, he still works hard to cooperate with the other party's work-this is also his job. His attitude towards work is that he does not take personal emotions as a reference at all, and work is work. In this regard, he is somewhat different from Tang En. Tang En often brings his personal emotions into his work, and it has become his unique style...

Fortunately, Tang's "Truman's World" life is coming to an end soon. Two days before the start of the third round of the league, people from CCTV5 told Tang that they would leave Nottingham and go back to China after filming the match. Nottingham Forest's match against Fulham in the third round will be the last.

This made Tang heave a sigh of relief. There was always an inexplicable pressure from being stared at, which made him a little out of breath. Although Tang En said to him, "It's nothing, you can live and work as you usually do", but in fact, how could it be possible for the people around you to have the same atmosphere? This will definitely affect my work...

So, under such circumstances, the third round of the league is getting closer and closer.

Nottingham Forest is an away game in the third round of the league, and this time the opponent is not strong--Fulham, which was only 18th with one loss and one draw before. CCTV5 chose this game to shoot, which is the result of careful selection. Although it's a pity not being able to capture the home atmosphere, the opponents in this game are not strong, and Twain's team will easily win a victory. For this filming work, it can be regarded as "Happy_end".